On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Florin Andrei wrote: > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 11:41 -0500, Jamie Guinan wrote: > > > As I understand it, the 4 analog inputs + 2 SPDIF inputs divide into 2 > > channels (left/right) each, so you could record 12 tracks at once. But > > you could also think of it as 6 channels with left/right pan on each. > > No. > One input = one channel. Don't confuse balanced with stereo. Right. And each input (4 analog, 2 digital) can be sent independently to the L/R channels in the digital mix. So I thought it would be possible to record 12 channels of audio, each pair containing a L/R mix of the 6 total inputs, as in, $ arecord -c 12 -f S32_LE -r 48000 -D hw:1 output.wav -Jamie